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Bootstrap Austin is a community of entrepreneurs taking a bootstrap approach to building their ventures.


Feb 8 Bootstrap Meeting - ATX EquationFebruary 2
Feb is @ATXequation Month at Bootstrap Austin!Come to the February 8th meeting at Tech Ranch Austin to learn about the ATX Equation and Austin's Entrepreneurship Scene.Follow @bootstrapaustin for daily tweets on the ATX Entrepreneur Scene.
Volunteer Entrepreneur OpportunityJanuary 21
Bootstrappers, Citizen Schools and the Holthouse Foundation are hosting Lemonade Day Apprenticeship this spring. Lemonade Day is a great project designed to teach kids to become entrepreneurs by running their own lemonade stand. And it has the potential to make a huge community impact: In Houston in 2009, over 27,000 youth registered for Lemonade Day, sold over 2 million cups of lemonade and
Ideation, You or QUEST(ion)??!!November 16 2009
Hi everyone,We used to think there were only 3 stages to the bootstrap process - Ideation, Valley of Death (VoD) and Growth. It turns out there are more! - two preceding Ideation (you and Quest(ion)) and one following Growth (Rebootstrap). You can see these illustrated on the Bootstrap Map (www.bootstrapaustin.org/map)You might think you're in Ideation, but you're actually in a different stage.
2010 Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW: Entry Deadline Is December 4November 11 2009
Take advantage of the opportunity to showcase your emerging technology product and/or service in front of industry leaders by participating in the 2010 Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW. Accelerator takes place on March 15-16 as a part of the SXSW Interactive Festival, during which you can improve your product launch, attract venture capitalists, polish your elevator pitch, receive media
VoD Subgroup Meeting Monday 11/9November 6 2009
This month's Valley of Death Subgroup meeting will be held at Waterloo Ice House on 38th St, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.The Bootstrap principle for the month of November is "Scale the Model" (twitter: #scalemodel) which is part of the Growth Phase but is an integral part of the VoD stage as well.Clint Greenleaf of Greenleaf Book Group will be our Guest Speaker. Greenleaf Book Group was founded in by